English noun: batch | |||
1. | batch (group) all the loaves of bread baked at the same time | ||
Broader (hypernym) | accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection | ||
2. | batch (quantity) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | ||
Samples | A batch of letters. A deal of trouble. A lot of money. He made a mint on the stock market. See the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos. It must have cost plenty. A slew of journalists. A wad of money. | ||
Synonyms | deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad | ||
Broader (hypernym) | large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | deluge, flood, haymow, inundation, torrent | ||
3. | batch (group) a collection of things or persons to be handled together | ||
Synonyms | clutch | ||
Broader (hypernym) | accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | schmear, schmeer, shmear | ||
English verb: batch | |||
1. | batch (contact) batch together; assemble or process as a batch | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | group | ||